u/JudahBenHur — Ben Hur Horse Race

very stable genius

i guess I really need to start doing the /s thang here :(

this is a textbook slam. no other word would be as accurate

more slamming!

i swear I feel like the percentage of people getting slammed has really gone up since covid

that may be true, but for every hyperbolic asshole who says shit like that on the internet or tv, there are 500 quiet, reasonably sane multi-millionaires who know that global thermonuclear war is pretty fucking bad for business who just want to play golf and cheat on their wives who act as a countervailing force

You know, surveys show 100% of people polled about the future don't have a fucking clue what the future holds.

BUT! Over half of respondents predicted the scary future, here's a picture of a nuclear mushroom cloud

I quite literally remember having teachers in elementary school teaching about the holocaust/hitler and asking the class if if they could foresee this happening in the US. Every kid shoot their head and chuckled assuredly, how absurd to even consider.

I still remember the look on Mrs. Begasto's face of "oh yeah? so confident, I know something you don't, I know the world in a way you are entirely naive to." I didn't understand why she felt that way, but I could tell she was certain about something I didn't get. The closer we edge to a fearful, uneducated public thinking a bully king is what would be good for the country and the world the more I find myself thinking about Mrs. Begasto's worried smirk.

isn't that exactly what trimp is saying it'll be like for america

thats deep

he wants to look at boobs

fair enough :)

Well, this is a little unusual. I've marched in DC and attended more protests than I can count. Thanks for making assumptions though, its neat

yeah thats totally fair, cause it doesn't surprise me at all either

yeah look, that's all a reasonable point of view.

I'm not trying to call you out, but I'd be curious as to what you have done personally to stand up to injustices that were doled out by the government of your own country.

I'll also still stand by my original statement that it's not useful to go on the internet and write "typical out-group person", full stop.

yeah, no, of course. I get it, I just think statements like that are completely unhelpful

I'm not sure saying its typical of Russians is helpful. I know two Russian people and neither of them are blackmailing kids into performing terroristic acts.

I'm not defending Russia's government nor the attitudes of many of the country's civilians. I also have my own biases and prejudices that I've been working most of my life to extinguish.

I just don't think it's helpful to go on the internet and write "typical X, X's are all the same" in essentially any situation.

right.. well hang in there. i admire you for what its worth

I feel you. Ive been way sadder this week than I thought Id be.

Im sure you know, but its ok to take a long break, not read the news at *all* and just turn your brain off for as long as you need to sometimes

it sounds like you have put in a significant amount of good work